Movies searching for what went wrong, through all the twists and turns
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True love never dies, they say. Here’s a selection of films to confirm the rumours and a few that, on the contrary, try to wipe their hands free of love. Be it one side or the other, the characters here are all fighting for or with love somehow.

There are those who are trying to find a magic wand to cancel the mistakes of the past, those who are looking for this one perfect ideal match, and also those who are taking a bold step in the circle of love triangles.

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With Or Without You
Nov. 14, Sunday at 6:45 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza

Tommaso and Alice have been together for an eternity. When they invite their closest friends to dinner together, all the guests are more than sure that they will finally hear about the couple's marriage plans. Instead, the hosts surprisingly announce their decision to break up and do so as gradually and as painlessly as possible. But is it even possible to stay friends after such a long love story?

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Yanagawa
Wednesday, Nov 17 at 6:15 pm, Coca-Cola Plaza

"Yanagawa" is a film about two very different brothers who travel from Beijing to Yanagawa in Japan to meet a girl they both fell in love with when they were young. The situation is brought into sharp focus by the fact that one of the brothers has been diagnosed with cancer. The young man wants to make a quiet exit, but without knowing it, has a profound impact on the hearts of those around him. The story takes delves into the memories of the characters and helps to make sense of seemingly small events that play an important role in an individual's life.

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What Went Wrong?
Nov. 19, 6:30 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza
International premiere. With film guests

Lili, approaching forty and circling a carousel of relationships, is looking for a former lover to ask her, "What went wrong?". A fiction piece to inspire every viewer to ask themselves the same question in an unusually intimate way.

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Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Nov 20, Saturday 9:00 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza

What sacrifices would we be prepared to make if the image of the perfect companion we had been waiting for all our lives appeared on the horizon? The Orpheus story, recorded on a beautiful 35-mm film, with impeccable symmetry, was put forward by Hungary for this year’s Best Foreign Language Film. "Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time" is a pre-selection for EFA's Best Feature Film of the Year.

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Annette
Nov. 23, Tuesday at 8:15 p.m., Apollo Kino Solaris

"It's a musical fantasy, a mix of comedy, love and sex, a monster, a child and some corpses," in the words of the eccentric French director Leos Carax himself. Henry is a stand-up comedian who forms a passionate and enviable coupling with opera singer Anna until their child is born. "Annette" opened this year's Cannes Film Festival and is one of the Oscar favourites this year.

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A Thousand Hours
Thursday, Nov. 25, at 8:45 p.m., Coca-Cola Plaza
With film guests

The Danish indie film "A Thousand Hours" is a cinematic and positively melodramatic soundtrack for a whole generation of dreamers: the confused, the lost and those burning with life. Carl Moberg, a graduate of the Skurup Folk High School in Sweden, considers the combination of image and music and the feeling and stories that music tell of to be the deepest of artistic experiences. His first feature film is about musicians and with a soundtrack written by a number of young Scandinavian artists.

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The Wait
Friday, Nov 26 at 7:30 pm, Coca-Cola Plaza
World premiere. With film guests

Against a backdrop of warm summer rocks in the charming nature of the Finnish archipelago, a passionate betrayal takes place, which is finally understood and accepted, and thus a dark autumn and a harsh winter must come before the new hot summer. The film is based on the novel "The Vicar's Wife" by the Finnish writer Juhani Aho, but the action is contemporary. Even today, a woman must ask herself: do I dare to be completely honest with myself?